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TAKING AIM: Rep. Grande, who opposes gun control, says guns are not ‘something to fear’
FARGO - As an NRA member and concealed weapons license holder, Rep. Bette Grande, R-Fargo, has been publicly outspoken against tighter gun control measures and has supported legislation giving gun owners more freedoms. Grande is not a hunter, but she says her personal interests have always been self-defense and protecting her family.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - INFORUM - Life

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Abortion in America and North Dakota since 1973
Jan. 22, 1973: U.S. Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade, legalizing abortion. 1975: Jane Bovard heads up North Dakota chapter of National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League. 1976: National abortion rights group Women’s Health Organization formed. Oct. 1, 1981: With help from WHO, Bovard opens Fargo’s first abortion clinic. Anti-abortion protests and prayers begin a few days later. Oct. 1983: Fargo Women’s Health Organization hires private security to deal with picketers.
Saturday, March, 16, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Anti-abortion attorney says heartbeat measure won’t survive legal challenge
FARGO – A bill passed by the North Dakota Legislature on Friday would effectively end abortions in the state, but an anti-abortion lawyer says it’s unlikely it will ever be enforced. Legislators said they hope the law will be cause for the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion.
Saturday, March, 16, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Studies focus on oil's impact on North Dakota wildlife
FARGO – Mule deer in the Little Missouri Badlands recently were equipped with radio collars to enable biologists to track their movements and mortality.
Monday, March, 11, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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North Dakota Legislatures to address Medicaid expansion, abortion this week
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Legislature is slated to tackle some of the weightiest issues of the session as lawmakers enter their first full week after crossover. Among the highlights: Medicaid, oil taxes and the ongoing debate over selling bottle rockets in the state.
Sunday, March, 10, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Letter: Voting is a right, not a privilege
House Bill 1332 would require government-issued photo identification. This bill is a classic example of an American Legislative Exchange Council proposal. The out-of-state special interest group funded by big business would take away individuals’ rights to advance their own agenda.
Sunday, March, 10, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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Bender: Puritans out to hang the pagans
When will our North Dakota Legislature catch on? We did not elect them to be our mommies, daddies or ministers. And yes, I do believe in God. I fall to my knees and thank him daily that the Legislature only meets every two years. I wonder, though, why no one has yet been struck by lightning on the House or Senate floor or why locusts and frogs have not yet sprung up in committee rooms.
Sunday, March, 10, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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Young North Dakotans drawn to public service
GRAND FORKS – A year ago, Alex Looysen was a 20-year-old biology student at Jamestown (N.D.) College who shared the disdain that many young Americans had for politics, politicians and government.
Sunday, March, 10, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Conservation funds take divergent trails in North Dakota
Both would create Heritage Fund for outdoor projects
BISMARCK – The Legislature could provide $15 million a year for statewide conservation efforts, or voters can opt for a $100 million fund.
Friday, March, 08, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Abortion battle continues in ND Legislature
BISMARCK – Sen. Margaret Sitte said a thwarted effort during the 2011 legislative session to define a human being at conception may have fueled this year’s legislation aimed at abortion and giving rights to the unborn.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Letter: ND legislation unconstitutional
As a political science student, part of my being is dying inside to see certain members of the North Dakota Legislature forget a simple yet crucial fact with some of the legislation they are proposing: the United States Constitution.
Monday, March, 04, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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Omdahl: Culture defines a state
Four of the hottest social issues in state legislatures around the country in this lawmaking season are abortion, same-sex marriage, marijuana and guns. The North Dakota Legislature is having its share of these controversies in the current session.
Monday, March, 04, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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Letter: Remember them at next election
In reflecting on the developments in the North Dakota State Legislature over the past two months, I offer a summary of what I have observed. North Dakota Legislature’s Family Values and Logic Checklist:
Monday, March, 04, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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Letter: North Dakota Legislature’s actions are an embarrassment
The North Dakota Legislature has run amok. As a lifelong Republican, I am embarrassed and sadly disappointed.
Monday, March, 04, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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North Dakota Legislature: Lawmakers reach halfway mark
BISMARCK — The North Dakota Legislature finished work on more than 900 bills last week, and after a break, House members will begin working Wednesday on Senate bills, and vice versa.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Letter: Amendments undermine Oxbow levee
The residents of Oxbow, N.D., voted in January in support of a proposed ring levee as part of the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Project. The recent action taken by the North Dakota Legislature on HB 1020 stops any chance of protection being constructed for our city and puts residents back into a state of limbo.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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The history of the Klan in the Red River Valley
In the mid-1920s, Ku Klux Klan attracted thousands of followers, wielded political power in area­­
FARGO - Three mischievous fans of the Roughriders’ hockey team flouted a taboo when they recently wore hooded Ku Klux Klan robes to taunt the opposing squad. But the Red River High School hockey spectators might not have known just how prevalent the Ku Klux Klan once was in the Red River Valley – nor that Grand Forks, home of Red River High, was a hotbed for the group, which railed against Catholics, blacks, Jews, Asians and foreigners.
Sunday, March, 03, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Copper thefts take their toll on Fargo-Moorhead
Losses, security improvements cost thousands
FARGO – Driven by high resale prices, steady thefts of copper and metal from area businesses have cost area business owners thousands in both losses and in security improvements.
Saturday, March, 02, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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Letter: Are they ignorant of women’s lives?
This season, The Forum has carried word of the efforts in the North Dakota Legislature to close the Red River Women’s Clinic, the one clinic in the state that offers abortion procedures. That’s one clinic, in spite of the fact that large numbers of women, over the years of their lives, need the services of such a clinic.
Friday, March, 01, 2013 - INFORUM - Opinion

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Ruling may bring $4 million in unemployment benefits for locked-out American Crystal workers in ND
BISMARCK – A divided North Dakota Supreme Court handed locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers a victory with a decision Tuesday that they are entitled to unemployment benefits.
Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 - INFORUM - News

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